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Sons OF cpe RmEmmn RevoLunon 



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OFFICGRS FOR 1893-94, 

(EX-OFFICIO MANAGERS.) 



PRESIDENT, 

HON. PHILIP DANDRIDGE LAIRD, 

Rockville. 

VICE-PRESIDENT, 

WILLIAM RIDGELY GRIFFITH, 

227 Smith's Wharf, Baltimore. 

SECRRTARY, 

JOHN RICHARDSON DORSEY, 

730 Roland Avenue, Baltimore. 

TREASURER, 

ALEXANDER WARFIELD MONROE, 
106 West German Street, Baltimore. 

REGISTRAR AND HISTORIAN, 

JOHN SILVER HUGHES, 

Roland Park, Baltimore. 

DELEGATE AT LARGE TO THE NATIONAL CONGRESS, 

DOUGLAS HAMILTON THOMAS, 

Baltimore. 

ALTERNATE, 

RUXTON MOORE RIDGELY, 

Baltimore. 

DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL CONGHESS, 

FRANCIS HENRY STOCKETT, JR., 

Annapolis. 

ALTERNATE, 

BENJAMIN NICHOLSON WRIGHT, 

Annapolis. 



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ALBERT CLARK KENLY, 
Baltimore. 

CHARLES WILLIAM STOCKETT, M. D. 

Baltimore. 

ROBERT ARMISTEAD WOOLDRIDGE, 

Baltimore. 

ALBERT KIMBERLY HADEL, M. D. 
Baltimore. 

CHARLES THOMAS HOLLOWAY, 

Baltimore. 

JOHN GOTTLEIB MORRIS, M.D. 
Baltimore. 

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JOSEPH NOBLE STOCKETT, 

Baltimore. 

JOSEPH NICHOLSON D. DANELS, 

Baltimore. 

IRA HOLDEN HOUGHTON, 

Baltimore. 

THOMAS MURRAY MAYNADIER, 

Baltimore. 

FRANCIS A. EDWARDS, 
Baltimore. 

HERMON WILLARD DAY, 

Baltimore. 

JOHN HENRY JAMAR, M. D. 

Elkton. 

ROBT. RANDOLPH HENDERSON, 

Cumberland. 

ROBERT LINCOLN WERNTZ, 

Annapolis. 

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(^OnSTlTQTIOn. 

Article I. 

The name of the Society shall be the Maryland 
Society of the Sons of the American Rez'ohition, organ- 
ized 20th April, 1889. 

Article II. 

The purposes of the Society are to keep alive 
among ourselves and our descendants, and in the 
community, the patriotic spirit of the men who 
achieved American Independence ; to collect and 
secure, for preservation and publication, the manu- 
script rolls, records, and other documents relating 
to the war of the Revolution ; and to promote social 
intercourse and fellowship among its members. 

Article III. 
Any male person shall be eligible for membership 
in the Society who is above the age of twenty-one 
years, and is descended from a recognized patriot, 
who rendered material service to the cause of Ameri- 
can Independence, or from an ancestor who assisted 
in establishing the Independence of this country 
during the war of the Revolution, while acting as a 
military or naval officer, as a soldier or a sailor, or 
as an official in the service of any one of the thirteen 
original States or Colonies, or the United States 
or Colonies; and no other person shall be eligible 
for membership. 

Article IV. 

The officers of the Society shall be a President, a 
Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Registrar 
and Historian, one Delegate at Large to the National 
Convention of the Society, an additional Delegate 

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for each one hundred nieml)ers or for a fraction 
tliereof exceeding fifty, and a Board of Managers, 
consisting of these officers cx-officio, and five other 
members, who shall have power to fill such vacancies 
as may, from time to time, occur among their number. 

Akticlk V. 

This Constitution shall be altered, amended or 
repealed only by a vote of three-fourths of the 
members of the Society present at a regular meeting, 
or at a special meeting called for the purpose of such 
alteration, amendment or repeal, after five days' 
notice, in writing, shall have been given of such 
meeting. 

Section I. 

Members shall be elected as follows : Candidates 
may send their names and documents, or other proofs 
of qualifications for membership, to the Secretary, 
and upon a favorable report from the Board of 
Managers, and after payment of the initiation fee 
and first annual dues, shall thereupon become mem- 
bers of the Society. 

Section II. 
The initiation fee shall be five dollars and the 
annual dues three dollars, or the payment at one time 
of fifty dollars shall constitute a life member, and 
the member so paying shall be exempt from the 
payment of annual dues. 

Section III. 
The Society shall hold its annual meetings on 
October 19th, " Peggy Stewart Day," the anniversary 
of the burning of the brig Peggy Stewart off Wind- 
mill Point, Annapolis, October 19th, 1774, at which 

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a general election of officers by ballot shall take 
place, except when such date shall fall on Sunday, in 
which event the meeting shall be held on the follow- 
ing day. In such election a majority of the ballots 
given for any officer shall constitute a choice, no 
proxies being allowed ; but if, on the first ballot, no 
person shall receive such majority, then a further 
balloting shall take place, in which a plurality of 
votes given for any officer shall determine the choice. 

Section IV. 
At all meetings of the Society, five members shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

Section V. 

The President, or in his absence the Vice-Presi- 
dent, or in his absence a Chairman pro tempoi-e, shall 
preside at all meetings of the Society. He shall 
preserve order, and shall decide all questions of 
order, subject to an appeal to the Society. 

Section VI. 

The Secretary shall conduct the general corres- 
pondence of the Society. He shall notify all mem- 
bers of their election, and of such other matters as 
he may be directed by the Society. He shall have 
charge of the seal, certificate of incorporation, by- 
laws and records of the Society. He, together with 
the presiding officer, shall certify all acts of the 
Society, He shall, under the directions of the 
President or Vice-President, give due notice of the 
time and place of all meetings of the Society, and 
attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate 
records of all the proceedings and orders of the 
Society ; shall give notice to the several officers of 
all votes, orders, resolves and proceedings of the 
Society affecting them or appertaining to their re- 
spective duties, and shall perform such other duties 

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as may be prescribed by the Constitution or By-Laws 
of the National Society. 

Section VII. 
The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds 
and securities of the Society. They shall be de- 
posited in some bank or savings institute in this 
State, to the credit of the Maryland Society of the 
Sons of the American Revolution, and shall be drawn 
thence on the check of the I'reasurer, for the pur- 
poses of the Society only. Out of these funds he 
shall pay such sums only as may be ordered by the 
Society or by the Board of Managers, He shall keep 
a true account of his receipts and disbursements, 
and at each annual meeting shall render the same to 
the Society, when a committee shall be appointed 
to audit his accounts ; and shall perform such other 
duties as may be prescribed by the Constitution or 
By-Laws of the National Society. 

Section VIII. 

If, from the annual report of the Treasurer, there 
shall appear to be a balance against the Society, no 
appropriation of money shall be made for any object 
but the necessary current expenses of the Society, 
until such balance shall be paid. 

Section IX. 

The Registrar and Historian shall, if practicable, 
be a member of the Maryland Historical Society. 
He shall keep a roll of members, shall have the 
custody of all the proofs of membership qualification, 
and all the historical and geographical papers, 
manuscript or other, of which the Society may be- 
come possessed; he shall, under the direction of the 
Board of Managers, for adequate compensation, 
copy such similar documents as the owners thereof 
may not be willing to leave permanently in the keep- 

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ing of the Society ; and shall perform such other 
duties as may be prescribed by the Constitution or 
By-Laws of the National Society. 

Section X. 

The Board of Managers shall have power to judge 
of the qualifications of the candidates for admission 
to the Society and elect the same. They shall have 
charge of all special meetings of the Society, and 
shall, through the Secretary, call special meetings 
at any time, upon the written request of five mem- 
bers of the Society, and at such other times as they 
see fit. They shall recommend plans for promoting 
the objects of the Society, shall digest and prepare 
business, and shall authorize the disbursement and 
expenditure of unappropriated money in the treasury 
for the payment of the current expenses of the 
Society. They shall generally superintend the in- 
terests of the Society and execute all such duties as 
may be committed to them by the Society. At each 
annual meeting of the Society they shall make a 
general report. At all meetings of the Board of 
Managers five or more shall be sufiicitnt for the 
transaction of business. 

Section XI, 
Ayes and noes shall be called at any meeting of 
the Society upon the demand of five members. 

Section XII. 

No alteration of the By-Laws of the Society shall 
be made unless such alteration shall have been 
openly proposed at a previous meeting and entered 
in the minutes with the name of the member pro- 
posing the same, and shall be adopted by a majority 
of the members present at a meeting of the Society. 



LISC OF mcmBGR^. 



ACHESON, MORTIMER HOOKER, Baltimore 

*BAYLEY, ROBERT PENDLETON, Jk. 
BAYLEY, WILLIAM SHIRLEY, Maine 

BAYLEY, HOWELL DOWNING, Baltimore 

BEADENKOPF, GEORGE, 
BRENT, JOSEPH LANCASTER, 

BREWER, BRICE B., Annapolis 

BREWER, JACKSON, 
BREWER. NICHOLAS, 

BREWER, NICHOLAS, Jr. New York 

BREWER, RICHARD H. Annapolis 

BRUCE, WEBSTER, Cumberland 

CAMERON, GEORGE W. Baltimore 

CHEW, RICHARD BENJ. BROOKES, Jr., Upper Marlboro 
CHEW, SAMUEL CLAGGETT, M. D. Baltimore 

*CLARK, A. JACKSON, Lonaconing 

CLARK, FRANK PEYTON, ' Baltimore 

COLLINS, WILLIAM, Talbot Co. 

CONOVER, GEORGE W. Annapolis 

COULTER, ARCHIBALD BARKLIE, ' Baltimore 

COURTENAY, ALEXANDER DALLAS BACHE, " 
*CREGAR, WILLIAM FRANCIS, Annapolis 

CRESAP, JAMES CEPHAS, U. S. Navy 

DANELS, JOHN NICHOLSON D. Baltimore 

DAY, HERMON WILLARD, 

DAY, WILLARD GIBSON, 
*DORSEY, JAMES LEVIN, Dorchester County 

DORSEY, JOHN RICHARDSON, Baltimore 

DORSEY, CHARLES HOWARD, 

DUVAL, RICHARD JOHNSON, Annapolis 

EDWARDS, FRANCIS A. Baltimore 

EDWARDS, ROBERT LLEWELLYN, 

GILL, WILLIAM HARRISON, 

GILPIN, JOHN, Elkton 

GODDARD, HENRY PERKINS, Baltimore 

GOLDSBOROUGH, HENRY HOLLYDAY, 

GRIFFITH. WILLIAM RIDGELY, 
1GRIFFITH, Rev. CHARLES COLEMAN, 

* Deceased. t Withdrawn. 



Cumberland 
Baltimore 



Elkton 
Baltimore 

^hington, D. C. 
Baltimore 



GRIFFITH, FREDERICK A. TILTON, Baltimore 

GRIFFITH, MERIWETHER HOOD. Boston 

GRIFFITH, ROMULUS RIGGS, Jr. Baltimore 

GRIFFITH, THOMAS, Montgomery County 

GRISWOLD, BENJAMIN HOWELL, Baltimore 

GUNX, ALAN PERCY, 

HADEL, ALBERT KIMBERLV. M. D. 

HANSON, PERE WILMER, 

HENDERSON, ROBERT RANDOLPH, 

HISS. HANSON, 

HOBB5, ARMSTEAD RIDGELY, 

HODGDON, ALEXANDER LEWIS, M.D 

HOLLINGSWORTH, WILLIAM GILPIN, 

HOLLOWAY, CHARLES THOMAS, 

HOLLOWAY, REUBEN ROSS, 

HOPKINS, SHERBURNE G. W; 

HOUGHTON, CHARLES E. 

HOUGHTON, CHARLES SAMUEL. 

HOUGHTON, IRA HOLDEN, 

HOUGHTON, LEWIS S. 

HOWARD. JAMES, 

HOWARD. JOHN EAGER, 

HUGHES, JOHN SILYER, 

HYNSON, BENJAMIN THOMAS, 

IGLEHART, JAMES DAYIDSON, M.D. 

JAMAR, JOHN HENRY, M.D. 

JAMAR, MITCHELL FORD, 

JOHNSON, BRADLEY TYLER, 
♦KENDALL, CHARLES HANSFORD, 

KENLY, ALBERT CLARK, 
*KRAMER, Rev. SAMUEL, Wa- 

LAIRD, PHILIP DANDRIDGE, 
*LeCOMPTE, EDWARD WHITE, 
*LEE, ARTHUR FENNER, 
tLEE, WILLIAM, M.D. 

LONG, CHARLES CHAILLE, 
*LONG, LITTLETON, 

MACKENZIE, GEORGE NORBURY, 

MAGRUDER, JOHN RANDALL, Jr. 

MARSHALL, CHARLES, 

MAYNADIER, THOMAS MURRAY, 

MERREFIELD, JOSEPH, 

MILLER, EDGAR GEORGE, 
MONROE, ALEXANDER WARFIELD, 
MORDECAI, ISAAC RANDOLPH, 



Elkton 

\j. S. Army 

Baltimore 



hington, D. C. 

Rockville 

Cambridge 

Brazil 
Baltimore 

Egypt 

New York 

Baltimore 

Annapolis 

Baltimore 



Lmherville 



Deceased. 



7 Withdrawn. 



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MORRIS, Rev. JOHN GOTTLEIB, 
MORFIT, THOMAS GARRISON, 
McCURLEV, FELIX, 

McDonald, joel w. 

ORD, JULES GARESCHE, 
OWENS, JAMES W. 
PACKARD, JOSEPH. Jr. 
PACKARD. Rev. THOMAS JONES, 
PARTRIDGE, JOHN, 
PEARRE, GEORGE ALEXANDER, 
PEARRE, WILLIAM, 
PENROSE, CHARLES BINGHAM, Jr. 
PERRY, ALLSTON ALLEN, Jr. 
PORTER, JAMES CORNELIUS, 
PORTER, THEODRIC, 
PRITCHARD, ARTHUR JOHN, 
RAMSAY, HENRY ASHTON, 
RANDALL, ALEXANDER BURTON. 
RANDALL, DANIEL RICHARD, Jr. 
RAWLINGS, WILLIAM LYNN, 
REDWOOD FRANCIS TAZEWELL, 
REYNOLDS, CHARLES AMBROSE, 
REYNOLDS, EDWARDS, 
RIDGELY, R'JXTON MOORE, 

*SELLMAN, JOHN HENRY, 
SELLMAN, RICHARD PARRAN, 

tSHAFER, GEORGE H. 
SIMPSON. LLOYD D. 
SMITH. EDWIN HARYIE, 
SPRIGG, JAMES CRESAP, 
STEVENS, FRANCIS PUTNAM, 
STEVENS, FRANCIS ALEXANDER, 
STEYENS, MORRIS PUTNAM, 

^STIRLING, ARCHIBALD, 
STIRLING, JAMES EDWARD, 
STIRLING, YATES, 
STOCKBRIDGE, HENRY. 
STOCKBRIDGE, HENRY, Jr., 
STOCKETL, CHARLES WILLIAM, M 
STOCKETT. FRANCIS HENRY, 
STOCKETT, FRANCIS HENRY, Jr. 
STOCKETT, JOHN SHA.AFF, 
STOCKETT, JOSEPH NOBLE, 
STONE, JAMES HARVEY, 
STONE, JOHN THEODORE, 
SWEET, JAMES WINSLOW, 

* Deceased. 



Baltimore 

U. S. Navy 

Baltimore 

U. S . Army 

Anaapolis 

Baltimore 

West River 

Elkton 

Cumberland 

Baltimore 

Annapolis 

U. S. Navj- 

U. S. Navy 

Baltimore 

Annapolis 

Cumberland 
Baltimore 

L'pper Fall< 

Baltimiore 

Davidsonville 

Annapolis 
Baltimore 

Washington, D. C. 

Baltimore 

Chicago 

New York 

Baltimore 

U. S. Navy 
Baltimore 



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Baltimore 
Annapolis 



Baltimore 



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THOM, PEMBROKE LEA, ^ Oil "/Jq ^go g 

THOM, WM. HENRY DeCOURCY WRIGHi, ^ 

THOM, HUNT REYNOLDS MAYO, 
THOMAS, DOUGLAS HAMILTON, 
THOMAS, JOHN MARSHALL, 
THOMAS, WILLIAM STROEBEL, 
TIERNAN, CHARLES BERNARD, 
TYSON, ANTHONY MORRIS, 
TYSON, MATTHEW SMITH, 

VANDERFORD, HENRY, Westminster 

WARFIELD, EDWIN. Baltimore 

WARFIELD, JOHN, 

WARREN, Rev. BENJAMIN C. Massachusetts 

WERNTZ, ROBERT LINCOLN, Annapolis 

WILK-INSON, ERNEST, Washington, D. C. 

WILLIAMS, JOHN SAVAGE, Baltimore 

WILLIAMS, NATHANIEL FELTON, Jr. 
WILLIAMS, MASON LOCKE WEEMS, 
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL OTIS, 

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM F. Annapolis 

WILSON, JOHN JAMES, Baltimore 

tWISE, FREDERICK NIEMAN, Pennsylvania 

WOOD, GEORGE WISNER, Baltimore 

WOOLDRIDGE, ROBERT ARMISTEAD, 
WOR THINGTON, BEALE, Anne Arundel County 

WORTHINGTON. JOSEPH MUSE, M. D. Annapolis 

WRIGHT, BENJAMIN NICHOLSON, 
YOUNG, EDWARD MORTIMER, Baltimore 

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